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Bicentennial Gross-Outs
Only Printing / 1976 / 36 Pages / Yentzer and Gonif Comic Production
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REVIEW SCORE 6 |
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Bicentennial Gross-Outs may not be the first comic that comes to mind when listing some of the all-time underground greats, but it really should be, primarily on the strength of two feature stories. One is William Stout's masterful parody of Disneyland, "Realityland," which includes a visit to "Sexual Fantasyland." The other is "Beddy Bi-Centennial Story" from Icelandic Codpiece Comics Studios (a collective of the following comic creators: Brian McBean, Christofer, Gervasio Loma, Jim Ferguson, Bob Taylor and Errol McCarthy).
Bicentennial Gross-Outs is certainly one of my favorite books, and another example of why I extend the underground comic book historical era to 1980 instead of ending it in 1974 or 5 or 6. Although it doesn't have any contributions from the founding fathers of the movement, it is distinctly underground in appearance, attitude and politics. I'd have a hard time putting this book (or Anarchy Comics or Dyke Shorts or Class War Comix or Whole Wheat Comics or Edge City) in the Alternative Comics section when they were a continuation of the underground comics movement and were clearly distinct from early alternative comics like Andromeda, Love and Rockets and Raw.
HISTORICAL FOOTNOTES:
It is currently unknown how many copies of this comic book were printed. It has not been reprinted.
COMIC CREATORS:
William Stout - 1-23
Unknown Contributor (Morgan?) - 24-25
George DiCaprio - 26-27(s), 28-30 (researcher)
Warren Greenwood - 26-27 (art)
Jim Serpiello - 28-30
Icelandic Comics Studio - 31-34
Romanek - 35
Jim Himes - 36 |
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